I don't get the Elizabeth Warren adulation. In fact, I don't get adulation of politicians [View all]

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I don't understand the "she'd be a great President" or "Warren 2016!" mentality.

We really don't know where she stands on a host of issues. She's been in the Senate for all of a month.

So what is it with making her the progressive standard bearer?

I like Warren, but the adulation is beginning to remind me of that bestowed on John Edwards. No, I'm not comparing her to Edwards. I'm comparing the sentiment that many direct her way to that which was once directed to Edwards.

Elizabeth Warren was a republican until 1995. That's not a non-starter for me, but I do have to wonder. She's been hawkish on Iran and I don't support the rhetoric she's used about it.

Warren didn't run an outstanding campaign for Senate and has little experience in running for office. That's a huge piece of running for the Presidency.

It's unlikely Warren will run in 2016. She's too smart for that. I'm not saying I wouldn't support her she did, but I'd need to see something extraordinary out of her in the next 12 months to do so.

I suspect Warren will be a very good Senator, but I don't know that. Time will tell.